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~~, ~, <br />UNITED ST ES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL RE <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />P,Uu 2 Z 1°7 ! <br />• sUBIECr;;,ils ,ad -egeta_tive survey for Coioradc DATE:;a~SSt 1.,, 1?ri <br />3eclanation :'_an ~.equircment <br />TO: C. ?• I. O~rcr. Iblomite ~~tizarrf <br />J. :.. athe:on, Director cf ':fining <br />°. _. .cr. j16 <br />°uehlo, Oolorado °1002 <br />~iis area consists of about 50 per cent roc}: outcrop. ': he soils <br />for the .^;ost part are sh37,low, less than 20 inc5es, calcareous <br />and well drained. iicpes range from about 1, to 5h per cent with <br />sac.e near vertic:.l c}iffs whero quarrying has beer, dcct^. <br />.he soil has a dark reddish brown very gravelly sandy low, surface <br />layer about 5 inri:es thick. ?he underlying :caterial is redd:.sh <br />brow:: very gravelly fine saner loam, ii°..estone bedreck is at a <br />depth cf less titan 20 fine}ies. <br />':'!Ze -ateri~.1 i,~ c-cas wiere quarrying has teen done and the area <br />sr~toot:red ever ranges frcm ver,~ gravelly sandy loan to very gravelly <br />s~ $' slay loam and is variable in depth. <br />"`n the '_o:;er sl_?cs telo-•; the ?carry o?eraticn soils are generally <br />deeoer. "'!^e}- range frost shc'_low to doe? a*rd 'aa.e icar.. textures. <br />• "eoetat.ion on the quarry site consists of Clue gra.:.a, sideoats <br />~ramr:, India, rice~_ass, s.zd dropseed, rabtit bra^.:, °o~iatai. <br />:~3.:JAL :;;, r:.d scattered ::iz~cn and juniper trees. 'vegetation on <br />the loner slcoes consists of a more dense stand of pinyon and <br />juniper trees. <br />Lynn ~ :.arser,, Soil Scie tist <br />~~ ~ ~~/~ <br />• 0 <br />LxVubit I <br />